Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Begin: WordPress Article Content Time Inc. has an ambitious goal for 2016 — creating 40,000 pieces of video content. Today it’s announcing a partnership with Wochit, which should make it easier for the media company to hit that target. Wochit is a New York City-headquartered startup that’s supposed to make it easier for online publishers…
Anna Camp, left, Erin Darke and Genevieve Angelson appear in a scene from Amazon Studios’ “Good Girls Revolt.” (Amazon Studios) In March 1970, 46 women staffers at Newsweek—shunted away from reporting, writing and editing positions and paid less than their male colleagues—filed a lawsuit charging the magazine with sex discrimination. It was timed, brilliantly, to…
One week ago, a man stopped traffic to talk to me. It was nothing; it meant everything. It was a moment that made me realize how angry I am over this election, and why. I was sitting in my car. This car is the first new car I’ve ever owned. My husband and I bought…
Silicon Valley The Inside Story of Vine’s Demise Former employees paint a picture of management issues, changing strategies, and existential questions. Nash Grier, a Vine star, at the premiere of his first movie The Outfield in November 2015. By Laura Cavanaugh/WireImage/Getty Images. The intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles holds a…
Native American protesters are preparing to take a “last stand” against the Dakota Access pipeline after police raided their camps and arrested hundreds, paving the way for construction of the final stretch of the controversial oil project. The Standing Rock protesters in North Dakota have been fighting the $3.8bn pipeline since April but were dealt…
A recently published study sheds light on the alarming relationship between hormonal birth control and depression. But the findings are only the latest in a long line of battles between women and their doctors over accurate information about birth control. In honor of Planned Parenthood’s 100-year anniversary, we’re taking an in-depth look at the history…
Updated | The disclosure by the Federal Bureau of Investigation late on Friday, October 28 that it had discovered potential new evidence in its inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s handling of her personal email when she was Secretary of State has virtually nothing to do with any actions taken by the Democratic nominee, according to government records…
2016 was supposed to be the year of women, but fittingly, it’s been all about men. Although it’s the first time a woman is genuinely close to winning the White House, her campaign has been overshadowed by transgressive male behaviors: alleged criminal acts inspired by their dicks. Take your pick: accusations that Trump went through…
Over the course of decades, Donald Trump’s companies have systematically destroyed or hidden thousands of emails, digital records and paper documents demanded in official proceedings, often in defiance of court orders. These tactics—exposed by a Newsweek review of thousands of pages of court filings, judicial orders and affidavits from an array of court cases—have enraged…
For nearly a century, the Canadian government took indigenous Canadians from their families and placed them in church-run boarding schools, forcibly assimilating them to Western culture. Children as young as 2 or 3 years old were taken from their homes, their language extinguished, their culture destroyed. With support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting,…